I have first browsed the wiki for this, though only a few minutes. My question is about adjusting the tone arm on the Numark TTUSB. Can anybody tell me where there are instructions on adjusting the counterweight on the tone arm of the Numark TTUSB and adjusting the anti-skate mechanism?

I got the turntable yesterday. The instructions in the operator's manual is insufficient, with only a few sentences on the subject that seem very ambiguous to me.

The manual says,

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...there should be a feeling of weight and resistance when the head shell is raised and lowered. Begin rotating the counterweight clockwise (away from the pivot point) until the weight and resistance feeling is gone. If done properly, the tone arm will pivot with very little resistance back and forth indicating that there is exactly 0 grams of stylus pressure. With the counterweight in its new position further away from tone arm pivot point, grasp the scale ring of the counter weight and rotate it until "0" is in the vertical position. Finally, rotate the counterweight (and scale ring) counter-clockwise (towards the pivot point) until the desired amount of weight is reached. If the scale rotates 360 degrees beyond the zero point, the new scale ring reading should be added to 3.5.

I don't understand these instructions at all. I remember seeing somewhere last month, when shopping for this, mention of some website or other with instructions on adjusting the tonearm and antiskate functions.

Thank you, in advance, for your attention on this subject.

Don

This post has been edited by greynol: Dec 11 2009, 22:04

Reason for edit: Please use the default font. Placed quote in the proper container.

I could just "adjust by ear" - listen to a record through headphones to hear if there is a stronger sound in one ear over the other, and adjust the antiskate accordingly. I don't have the turntable connected to a stereo. But if I did, I could use volume controls independently on the speakers, shutting one off, and then the other to hear if speakers are at the same volume. I may have headphones somewhere that have sliders on them. And use a record that hasn't been played much, as there could be an imbalance due to wear by turntables that didn't have antiskate functions.